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MILITARYOct 5What China's new military foothold in Laos means for Southeast AsiaBeijing says its new Laos facility will train pilots. Analysts see a broader signal: China's growing military presence in mainland Southeast Asia.DW News [en]
BUSINESSOct 5Jones Act waiver period disproves China fearmongering, shows benefits of reformThe results of the waiver period so far show clearly that U.S. companies would buy more domestic products if Jones Act supply restrictions weren’t in the way.The Hill
WORLDOct 5A Woman Exposed China’s Cat-Abuse Networks – and Paid a Terrible PriceWhen the law lags behind, citizens end up doing investigative work themselves, and pay for it when the people they expose strike back.The Diplomat
BUSINESSOct 5AI microdramas are a test case for China’s next big export waveChina’s US$1.2 trillion goods trade surplus last year has focused attention on electric vehicles, batteries, solar panels and industrial overcapacity. Tariffs, anti-subsidy investigations and localisation requirements have followed as trading partners respond to China’s manufacturing scale. Yet the less visible shift is happening in services. Services exports rose by 17.1 per cent year on year in the first seven months of 2026, while exports of personal cultural and entertainment services surged...South China Morning Post
SCI & TECHOct 5Can Japan Counter China’s Dominance in AI?Since 2025, Tokyo has acted boldly and decisively to ward off foreign AI-related threats by developing AI for Japan, in Japan.The Diplomat
WORLDBREAKINGOct 5FBI arrests a woman accused of spying on Taiwan leader's family for ChinaNPR News
POLITICSOct 5FBI says California woman spied for China on Taiwanese president’s sonWashington Post World
BUSINESSOct 5Soybean maintains momentum and China again strengthens market outlookAsian demand and firm US crushing support the positive tone, while weather keeps open the possibility of supply adjustments. The market maintains an upward structure, although the proximity of South American planting requires a prudent outlook on continuity.Clarín
POLITICSOct 5Why India’s missile deals in Central Asia matter to Russia and ChinaIndia has sold its Akash air-defence missile system to Tajikistan and Turkmenistan, giving it a foothold in Central Asia as it seeks to become a major global arms exporter. Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh confirmed the latest sales on Thursday last week, hinting at interest from elsewhere as he called the Akash “one of our success stories”. Developed by India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation, the Akash is a home-grown, short-range surface-to-air missile system that can hit...South China Morning Post
BUSINESSOct 5China shuts hundreds of banks as Beijing moves to shore up its financial systemBeijing shuttered 670 mainly rural banks last year in a bid to create fewer, larger and better-capitalized lenders.CNBC
CYBEROct 5California real estate agent accused of spying on Taiwanese president’s son for ChinaThe Independent World
POLITICSOct 5US arrests woman accused of spying for China on Taiwan leader’s familyA woman accused of spying for China on Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te's son and his family was arrested Sunday in the United States, US and Taiwanese officials said. The post US arrests woman accused of spying for China on Taiwan leader’s family appeared first on Vanguard News.Vanguard Nigeria
POLITICSOct 5Brazil-China ties in focus as Bolsonaro gets election edge over LulaBrazil is set for a presidential run-off after right-wing challenger Flavio Bolsonaro won a surprise first-round victory, threatening Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s grip on power in South America’s largest economy. Bolsonaro, son of imprisoned former president Jair Bolsonaro, took 47 per cent of the ballots in Sunday’s election, beating out Lula on 45 per cent. Brazilians will vote again on October 25 as neither candidate got the 50 per cent share needed to claim outright victory. US-China...South China Morning Post
POLITICSOct 5China’s finance minister on fiscal policyThis article was translated from Chinese into English using Alibaba’s Qwen3.7-Plus, then checked and tweaked for accuracy by a South China Morning Post journalist. It is for reference only, and is not the official English version of the original Chinese document. Alibaba owns the SCMP.South China Morning Post
POLITICSOct 5FBI arrests woman accused of spying on Taiwanese president's family in the US for ChinaTaiwan’s President Lai Ching-te condemned the incident and slammed China for its blatant disregard of human rights and suppression of personal freedoms, in what he labelled a “barbaric” act.EuroNews [en]
POLITICSOct 5China’s Long TwilightDemographic decline, political paralysis, and the fate of great powers.Foreign Affairs
MILITARYOct 5China is Watching Us. Is the U.S. Air Force Still Watching China?On Oct. 1, 2026, Beijing celebrated the 77th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China and the beginning of the end for the U.S. Air University’s China Aerospace Studies Institute. The institute was one of several centers of excellence established across the U.S. military’s professional military education programs, with the Army, Navy, and Air Force each running a center focused on its own service’s needs. The China Aerospace Studies Institute, however, was more than just a U.S. Air Force and Space Force research center that provided open-source insiWar on the Rocks
WORLDOct 5WTA China Open ResultsThis article reports on the results of the WTA China Open. It provides an update on a sports tournament.joplinglobe · united states of america
WORLDOct 5Djokovic defeats top seed Zverev to reach China Open semifinalsNovak Djokovic to face Daniil Medvedev in the semifinals in Beijing after the Russian defeats Francisco Cerundolo.Al Jazeera [en]
POLITICSOct 5US accuses California woman of spying for China, surveilling Taiwan president's sonUS authorities arrested a California woman on Sunday and accused her of spying on a son of Taiwan's president at the behest of Chinese officials, the FBI said.thestandard_hk · hong kong
CYBEROct 5US arrests woman for spying for China and monitoring the son of the Taiwanese presidentClarín
SCI & TECHOct 5China develops plant to extract hydrogen, fresh water and uranium from the seaChinese scientists have built a small, stable co-production plant that uses one system to extract hydrogen and fresh water from seawater, while also recovering uranium and bromine and improving electricity use efficiency by about 15 per cent. The team, led by Deng Dehui and Liu Yanting from the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, improved on an existing technology that is both costly and power hungry, according to a paper in the peer-reviewed journal Nature...South China Morning Post
POLITICSOct 5US: FBI arrests woman accused of spying for ChinaA California woman was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport, just before departing for China, with the US officials accusing her of spying on Taiwan's president's son.DW News [en]
DISASTEROct 5China tourist snorkelling in Semporna waters diesKOTA KINABALU: A 66-year-old female tourist from China died after losing consciousness while snorkelling in the waters off Pom Pom Island in Semporna on Sunday (Oct 4).thestar_my · malaysia